Ju"s imploring looked flickered between Layric and Venla, before settling on Venla. “I am not afraid of working to earn my keep. I would do anything.”
Venla reached to take hold of the boy"s two hands, turning them over so she could look carefully at them. “I can see from what you have done over the past few weeks that you are not afraid of a little hard work, but can you also learn what we have to teach you? You would not only have to learn the way of the travellers, but you would also learn what any of us deem necessary to teach you. Could you cope with that, Ju?”
“I can learn, and I will learn. I will make you proud of me, Mistress, I really will.”
canwillVenla looked towards the two councillors. “He has great determination. A sense of will and purpose I have rarely seen in a child.”
